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Dear Hannah Jewell,

Request for Information – AI2/3347

Thank you for your email to request information which has been processed
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

Please see the response below.
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1. What is the energy efficiency of the council's homes (managed or owned
by the council)? Please provide either a distribution table with the
number of buildings for each EPC rating or the percentage of the council’s
homes that have received an EPC rating of C or above.
 
Waverley Borough Council (WBC) own 4774 council properties of which over
83% are rated EPC C and above.  WBC are also building new homes.  30 homes
at Ockford Ridge, Godalming will be Net Zero Carbon in lifetime operation.
There are also 2 Passivhaus standard homes in Farncombe, Godalming
 
Breakdown of current council homes by EPC rate
[PLEASE SEE ATTACHED TABLE]

2. What is the number of investigations, enforcement notices and
enforcement actions that the council did, related to MEES (Minimum Energy
Efficiency Standards) in the 2021/22 financial year.
 
Any complaints from tenants are mainly dealt with under the Housing Act
although MEES would potentially be investigated where there is a complaint
about a hard to heat property.  Only 1 complaint has mentioned MEES.  No
enforcement notices under MEES have been issued to date but WBC now have a
new enforcement policy that will enable WBC to issue notices where
appropriate.

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Yours sincerely,

Chloe Santer 
Legal Services Administrator
Waverley Borough Council

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